37 Tex. Admin. Code § 38.1

Current through Reg. 49, No. 45; November 8, 2024

Section 38.1 - Definitions

The terms in this section have the following meanings when used in this chapter unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

(1) All-crimes approach--An operational approach that incorporates terrorism and other high-risk threats into existing crime-fighting frameworks to ensure that possible precursor crimes are screened and analyzed for linkages to larger-scale terrorist or other crimes.

(2) Baseline fusion center capabilities--The baseline functional capabilities and standards for state and major urban area fusion centers as identified and published by U.S. Department of Justice's Global Justice Information Sharing Initiative found here: https://it.ojp.gov/documents/d/baseline%20capabilities%20for%20state%20and%20major%20urban%20area%20fusion%20centers.pdf.

(3) Department--The Texas Department of Public Safety.

(4) Director--The director of the Texas Department of Public Safety or the designee of the director.

(5) Fusion center--A fusion center as defined in Texas Government Code, § 421.001 (2-a).

(6) Texas Fusion Center--The fusion center designated by the Office of the Governor as the Category 1 - primary fusion center for the state.

(7) Recognized fusion center--A recognized fusion center as defined in Texas Government Code, § 421.001(5) that has been designated by the Office of the Governor as a Category 2 - recognized fusion center in this state in accordance with applicable federal guidelines.

(8) Suspicious activity report--Official documentation of reported or observed activity or behavior that based on fusion center personnel's training and experience is believed to be indicative of intelligence gathering or preoperational planning related to terrorism, criminal, or other illicit intention.

(9) Texas suspicious activity reporting network--The statewide network developed by the department to receive, process, document, analyze, and share suspicious activity reporting for the state in order to create a holistic view of terrorism or crime-related suspicious activity in Texas, in a manner consistent with the findings and recommendations of the Suspicious Activity Report Support and Implementation Project and that complies with the Information Sharing Environment-Suspicious Activity Reporting Functional Standard adopted by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.

37 Tex. Admin. Code § 38.1

Adopted by Texas Register, Volume 46, Number 10, March 5, 2021, TexReg 1512, eff. 3/8/2021